Obesity and asthma linked in study

AUSTRALIAN and UK researchers have found a causal link between growing waistlines in kids and asthma, confirming what doctors have suspected for years.

Researchers have found the chances of developing asthma increases as a child's weight goes up.

RESEARCHERS have found the chances of developing asthma increases as a child's weight goes up.

SCIENTISTS from the University of Queensland Diamantina Institute and the UK's Bristol University found the relative risk of asthma increased by 55 per cent for every extra unit of body mass index (BMI).